Category Archives: Journalism

Media myths about the Jena 6

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Luke Ford

A journalist writes in the CSM: Myth 7: The Schoolyard Fight. The event on Dec. 4, 2006 was consistently labeled a "schoolyard fight." But witnesses described something much more horrific. Several black students, including those now known as the Jena … Continue reading →

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Heads Must Roll At The New Republic

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Luke Ford

Editor Franklin Foer and company have been protecting another fabulist. Matt Drudge reports: The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained internal documents from the investigation of THE NEW REPUBLIC’S "Baghdad Diarist", Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private turned war correspondent who reported … Continue reading →

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Arthur Gelb’s ‘City Room’

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

This is a solid book about a lifetime spent at the New York Times but Gelb does not deal with any of the cutting critiques of him in such books as "Fit To Print" (Lyle Stuart, 1988) by Joseph Goulden. … Continue reading →

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Columnist pursues bankruptcy protection

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal about one of my journalist heroes: John L. Smith, the Review-Journal’s most widely read columnist, has filed for bankruptcy after a two-year legal battle with Sheldon Adelson, owner of The Venetian resort. Adelson is suing … Continue reading →

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“Ask A Mexican” columnist, Gustavo Arellano At LA Press Club Oct. 11, 2007

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

Video I Video II Video III Video IV Video V Video VI Edward Headington’s report with pictures and poem. From the press release: Speaker Bio: “I’m Gustavo Arellano. I was born in Anaheim, California, to a tomato canner and an … Continue reading →

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